Mera naam Yaao mere paas aao

This is a very very rare song. So rare in fact that its video, or for that matter even its audio is extremely difficult to locate. I have been looking for it for several months, and I have finally been able to locate its audio.
This song is from a Dev Anand movie called “Ye Gulistaan Hamara”. This song may be very rare today, but that was not the case those days. This was in fact the most popular song from this movie. So popular, in fact, that this song finished 14th in Binaca Geetmala finals of 1973. This song in fact finished ahead of some very well known songs of that year.

The reason why this song was that popular has to do with the novelty value of this song. Danny Denzongpa, a Sikkimese actor, with his chinky looks was a source of great curiosity among Bollywood movie watchers. He was making his mark as a popular villain thanks to his exotic looks.

In this movie, whose storyline was based on people of North East region of India,who have their own culture different from the mainstream Indian culture, Danny plays a native called Yaao, who falls in love with a mainstream Indian girl ( played by Sharmila Tagore).

Correction- Now I am informed by the reader Abhay that Danny was just the singer. The song was picturised on Johny Walker and Jishree T.

This song is supposed to be a love song, but audience those days treated it as a fun song. But then many great songs have suffered this fate in Bollywood songs.

This song is sung by Danny and Lata. Danny later sang another song ( this time with Asha Bhonsle) that went “sun sun kasam se laagun tere kadam se”. This song is better known, and I have I fact have already posted this song in this blog.

One can notice that Danny’s voice is strinkingly similar to that of Shailendra Singh who also made his debut as a playback singer at nearly the same time.

With the passage of time, audience got used to Danny’s exotic looks and his looks was accepted as mainstream. So much so that he began to be seen in mainstream Bollywood roles viz. Thakur saab, Heroine ka baap etc in later years. That is certainly quite a journey for Danny who acts as a man called “Yaao” in this movie.
Correction: Danny is only the playback singer. It is Johny Walker who plays “Yaao” and it is on him that this song is picturised. I thank Abhay for this information.

Atul
It looks like your liking of songs is almost exactly that of mine. You must have spent so much time and effort in collecting these songs and posting them.
This is just to convey my sense of gratitude and appreciation. Thank you so much. Fiaz

Video of this song is available at the following two links -www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzAXd5UVzWQ
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Lata Mangeshkar, Danny song from movie Ye Gulistan Hamara (1972) starring, Dev Anand, Sharmila Tagore …